Submitted by: Marci Goode
School: Pocahontas Middle School
Summary
This lesson is designed with layers that engage each student’s different learning style. It incorporates the use of concrete materials (construction paper and pictures of places that we will visit during our CBI’s) coupled with the use of innovative technology that has been designed to teach students about their community and engage them in what goes on in their community. Each week, students visit a business within their community when taking part in community based trips. (CBIs). Through the use of technology and other creative teaching methods, students create their own community and become part of an innovative discussion about the functional needs in our community. Students are engaged in the forward thinking process that demonstrate life skills and help students with exceptional needs face many of the challenges that they face in the community as well as learn what the community has to offer. This lesson focuses on basic functional needs as well as basic life skills that students may encounter in their community. For example: what store to visit to buy what items, or where to check out a book, plus sounds they may hear and transportation. Students communicate their answers by signing, using communication devices, verbal, and pointing.
TIPC Ratings
Approaching: This Community lesson provides basic information to students with special needs that makes them aware of what goes on in their community and how they can benefit.
Developing: The students learn how to communicate their needs and wants about the community through this lesson through several different means.
Approaching: This lesson helps students learn where to purchase or find items that they may need to enhance their basic daily living skills.
Ideal: This lesson is created with layers so that each autistic student can build upon and take part in the lesson. Students are able to answer questions in a variety of ways. Non-verbal students will sign answers, use the communication device, or point to answers. Verbal students will be able to answer when call upon. Through the use of interactive technology, students are engage in learning about their community by using the ActivSlate to move pictures and sounds to places that they have visited. Each week of a CBI, a new business is added.
Student Artifact
